ASK COACH RICK | How do I structure a shooting technique training plan?
Coach Rick Torbett answers questions from our Better Basketball Tribe, like this one: “How do I structure a training plan to improve a player’s shooting technique?”
ASK COACH RICK | How do I use a weaker player while preventing turnovers?
Coach Rick Torbett answers questions from our Better Basketball Tribe, like this one: “How do you utilize a weaker player?
ASK COACH RICK | How do you eliminate the monotony of repetitive play?
Coach Rick Torbett answers questions from our Better Basketball Tribe, like this one: “How do you eliminate the monotony/robotic nature of repetitive play?
Read and React Success from Abroad : Taiwan
I love sharing success stories about the impact of The Read & React Offense! Here’s a story from Taiwan on a three-year development using the Read and React Offense! – Rick We asked Coach Kim Kawamoto , Varsity Girls Basketball Head Coach at Taipei American School, to share her success story. As many Read and React […]
Running The Read and React : Inside-Out
Can you have an “Inside-Out” philosophy and yet play primarily from a 5 OUT formation? Does your formation have anything to do with having an “Inside-Out” philosophy? I don’t think that many will disagree with me when I say that the team that gets the most shots in the lane usually wins over the long […]
Enhanced Communication Using 3-0 Read and React Drills
At a summer Read and React coaches meeting in Atlanta, during a topic on communication, Rich Cassella of Wagner University described a series of 3-0 Read and React Drills that he has used to build up offensive communication for the players he was worked with. He has graciously agreed to share those in this post. Thank you Rich! – […]
Tribe Spotlight: Connecticut Attack – Parent/Coach Perspective
Author Note: A parent turned coach of a former player who wishes to remain anonymous has written this review of Coach Ulysses Garcia, and the impact of the Read and React Offense being used at the CT Attack (Connecticut Attack) program. Seven years ago Ulysses Garcia started coaching his oldest daughter’s sixth grade South Windsor travel team. […]
What I Learned From Coach T.J. Rosene’s First Practice
Just a couple of days ago, I had the fortune of watching Coach TJ Rosene’s first practice for the 2016-2017 season. Coach Rosene is the head men’s coach of the Emmanuel College Lions basketball team. Not everyone may be familiar with Coach Rosene, but his teams through the years have been featured on Better […]
What I Learned This Summer : Whose Turn Is It?

In my previous post, I pointed out that I had the pleasure and opportunity to work with 20+ teams and their coaching staffs this past summer. These teams ranged from youth teams to college teams from a single team of eight players to a multiple team organization of 100+ players on multiple courts at the […]
What I Learned This Summer : You Are Not Alone

This past summer I had the pleasure and opportunity to work with 20+ teams and their coaching staffs. These teams ranged from youth teams to college teams from a single team of eight players to a multiple team organization of 100+ players on multiple courts at the same time. This experience took me through Maine, […]